Marion Schrotzenberger & Céline Serrad, Stephen Bongarçon & Rahyas, Eric Languet

Biographies

Éric Languet - Compagnie Danses En L’R (Réunion)

Eric Languet, dancer and choreographer, has never truly managed to integrate into groups, despite adhering to the conventions of the field. This feeling of illegitimacy has fueled his artistic journey, where he explores the margins and abnormality. After discovering dance in Réunion Island, he studied in France, joined the Paris Opera Ballet, and later the Royal New Zealand Ballet, where he became a principal dancer and choreographer. Influenced by Jiri Kylian and William Forsythe, he founded the company Danses en l’R in Réunion Island in 1998, focusing on human and socially engaged dance. Based at the Hangar in Saint-Gilles, the company stands out for its work on integrating disability and created the concept of "integrative dance," officially established in 2017. It undertakes numerous international projects and offers training programs to share this innovative approach, while continuing to reflect on irreverence and societal norms.

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Wilson Payet - Compagnie Danses En L’R (Réunion)

A young man with a physical disability, reliant on a wheelchair due to spina bifida (a spinal cord condition). At the age of 10, he began practicing parasports and went on to become a multiple-time champion and gold medalist in wheelchair racing (100m, 800m, 1500m). He also became a Réunion Island champion in wheelchair basketball. In 2011, he discovered Integrative Dance by participating in a Danses en l’R project with the IEM of St-Louis. Thanks to his talent and the dedicated pedagogical support of the Danses en l’R company, he became a professional dancer. He performed in the duo Attention Fragile in 2012 and in four other choreographic pieces by Éric Languet, which were showcased at various festivals in mainland France and Réunion Island. He also completed the first pedagogical training in what was then referred to as "integrated dance," which later enabled him to assist with classes and even lead them on occasion.

La danse intégrante

La danse intégrante© is an innovative dance pedagogy that brings together people with and without disabilities. This is not “dance for people with disabilities”; instead, it is a reflection and practical application of the concept of integration through a shared artistic practice.

This dance practice is driven by a vision of humanity based on the following fundamental principles, regardless of the physical or mental abilities of each participant:

• Every human being can enhance their ability to make their own choices at any moment.
• Every human being carries within them a creative gestural potential.
• Every human being can learn throughout their life.
• Every human being needs recognition from their peers to feel whole and complete.

Every human being is in constant interaction with human and non-human environments in the various situations they experience. As a result, disability is not a characteristic of the individual but arises from the quality of their relationship with each environment.